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Foodservice industry experts are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to step up its food safety efforts after federal inspection regulations were flouted at a California meat processing plant last month, resulting in the largest beef recall in U.S. history and dealing a blow to consumers’ confidence in the food supply.

The voluntary recall Feb. 17 of 143 million pounds of beef processed at Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in Chino, Calif., followed an undercover investigation by